What word is used to describe knowledge about the universe and the method of obtaining that knowledge?

Science and the method is the scientific process.

Science is the pursuit of knowledge and discovery from and to describe the unknown.
Scientific models, paradigms and theories are used widely by most scientist as to serve possible predictions, testing hypotheses, providing explicit answers and even saving human lives. These models are the simple paradigms that shapes and at the most provide clarity to the unknown. 

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Wetlands form where water and land meet. a lake with a wetland fringe can fill in with decayed plant and animal material to become a wet meadow. a pond can fill in to become a bog or fen. sediment can fill in a river marsh to become a swamp.flooding of coastal lowlands from rising sea levels has created broad coastal marshes that are protected from wave action by barrier islands or reefs. coastal wetlands also form when rivers deposit sediment as they reach the ocean. plants then take root and hold the soil firm against the forces of tides and waves.